C7 Corvette

[Raza]

Dunno about the wheels, probably the gunmetal ones like the pic. Bro sold the Viper 3 years ago. His ridiculous divorce put a damper on his car acquisitions for awhile.

Oh, I had no idea.

[afty]

5% seems like a lot. Do 5% of Z06 owners even track their cars, or is this happening on the street too?

[Soup DeVille]

5% seems like a lot. Do 5% of Z06 owners even track their cars, or is this happening on the street too?

I would think the Z06 owner is much more likely to go to a track than the owner of a mere cooking grade vette.

[12,000 RPM]

The Z06 badge is mainly bought for VIP access at C&C. Joe HELOC can't afford to + doesn't have the balls/skill to burn through $3K worth of consumables at a track day

[CaminoRacer]

I think you underestimate the income that some "rednecks" have.

[CaminoRacer]

C7.R won again today, to total 100 wins in IMSA.

[68_427]

[Raza]

Do they make a C7 convertible? And if they do, have they sold any? I feel like I've only ever seen the coupe.

[68_427]

Do they make a C7 convertible? And if they do, have they sold any? I feel like I've only ever seen the coupe.

[Raza]

Hmm.  That's been the problem with the Corvette convertible, since like 1971.  It's doesn't look as good as the coupe.

[MX793]

Fastbacks generally look worse as convertibles, IMO.

[68_427]

I think as a convertible the base trim looks best.

[12,000 RPM]

Haha Lutz

C7 GS with a  cam upgrade is peak Corvette.... splits the difference between the LT1 and LT4 with none of the LT4's heft or cooling problems. True Corvette GT3

[68_427]

Supposedly Katech had leaked that they've been working on a "LT5" for GM.

This page has since been removed from their website.

[Rich]

Haha Lutz

????

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Hmm.  That's been the problem with the Corvette convertible, since like 1971.  It's doesn't look as good as the coupe.

Very few Soft Tops look as good as the Coupe version! As a Vert I think the C6/C7 Vettes are some of the best looking Verts top UP or DOWN!

[Xer0]

5% seems like a lot. Do 5% of Z06 owners even track their cars, or is this happening on the street too?

If we count autocrossing as tracking, then a ton of Vette owners track their cars. 

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2017-chevrolet-corvette-grand-sport-manual-test-review

[SJ_GTI]

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2017-chevrolet-corvette-grand-sport-manual-test-review

Interesting review, although a bit crazy that it can be optioned close to (or in) 6 figures.

[Raza]

Very few Soft Tops look as good as the Coupe version! As a Vert I think the C6/C7 Vettes are some of the best looking Verts top UP or DOWN!

Even with the top down. Most two seat convertibles beat the look of their coupe counterparts with the roof off. The Corvette doesn't, unfortunately.

[MrH]

The whole back end of the convertible corvette with the top down just looks like a giant brick.

[Raza]

The whole back end of the convertible corvette with the top down just looks like a giant brick.

Yeah, I think that's been the issue for several generations now. 

[MrH]

They want to maintain a giant trunk, but it looks goofy without having a long, streamlined hatch coming to meet it.

[Raza]

They want to maintain a giant trunk, but it looks goofy without having a long, streamlined hatch coming to meet it.

Although, from some angles, it doesn't look too bad:




(C6, of course)

And the less adorned C7s do look better in convertible form than the busier trims:

[CaminoRacer]

C6 verts are decent, C5 is terrible, C7 is okay-ish.

[12,000 RPM]

C5 gets a lot of love in the hood with that badonkadonk

[FoMoJo]

The last Corvette convertible that was really very pretty...



Designers, for the most part, have lost their way over the past half century.

[MX793]

1st generation should look the best.  It was the only generation that was designed exclusively as a convertible (there was no Corvette coupe until 1963).  2nd and 3rd generation Corvette convertibles looked good.  C4 was just OK.  C5 was bad.  C6 was OK.  C7 is bad.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

http://blog.caranddriver.com/fewer-than-25-percent-of-new-chevrolet-corvettes-have-manual-transmissions/

[Raza]

http://blog.caranddriver.com/fewer-than-25-percent-of-new-chevrolet-corvettes-have-manual-transmissions/

Next generation, the headline will be "Fewer than 25% of new Corvettes have manual-driving option".